Hydrodynamic performance of heart valve prostheses: Open discussion on European Committee for Standardization International Organization for Standardization standard 5840

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1356-1357

  Susin, Francesca Maria ^a   Bagno, Andrea ^a   Gerosa, Gino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EUROPE; GEOMETRY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

AORTIC VALVE; EUROPE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950894765     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.01.025     Document Type: Letter

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